Kiddo feeding the cleft beak duck, we have 6 out so far a few more eggs to go.
GEESE are drawn down ! And two bators of eggs are locked down too!
All chicks are gone so plenty of room for the next batch!

Anyone with any experience hatching Bielefelders? My husband bought some eggs and was told by the breeder that Bielefelder eggs hatch after 24 days.

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The ones I did a month ago hatched late day 22. The only issue I had was some of the chicks were so big they would get stuck zipping. So humidity control is really important. I just set some more Bieles yesterday.

I've got some chicken eggs in my incubator. Started with 40, but two were clears on countdown day 14. Today, Saturday 4/2/16, is countdown day 12. So, another 9-10 days to go to lockdown.

I'm not sure what breed I'm going to have. I have two RIR roos and 12 RIR hens. But add to that mix 17 black stars (black sex links). So the black stars are 1/2 RIR, right? It will be interesting to see what kind of barnyard mix I end up with.

This is my first attempt at incubating. I'm using a Farm Innovations 4250 foam incubator (has turner and forced air fan).

And I don't know what else to say.

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you have any questions ??? you calibrated thermo hygros and know that humidity is not a set number?

And then there were 14...
24 hours after #13 this chick hatched. It worked hard to get out unassisted as it was malpositioned and pipped in the middle of the eggs. And, it doesnt appear to have been completely ready to hatch. TLC will start on this little one when it gets out of the incubator. We have named him "Tardy For The Party".

2 more popped out! Very alert little chicks! I can already see the combs! These two zipped so fast that I missed them! All three are peeping up a storm right now! I have two more that have pipped, and one of them is just starting to unzip. The other 6 aren't showing anything yet, but hopefully they will soon. So excited! Doing the happy Chickie dance!